The rising star - who has made a name for himself with roles in 'The Fault In Our Stars' and 'Divergent' this year - has landed the titular role in the biopic based on Howard Reich's book about the real life 23-year-old pianist who emerged from nowhere in 1958 to win the Tchaikovsky International Pi
The 20-year-old is set to take on the role of piano virtuoso Van Cliburn in the biopic based on the 1993 novel by Howard Reich, which tells the story of Cliburns formative years and his success, aged 23, at the International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow.
Date: Jun 24, 2014
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'The Fault in Our Stars' Actor Ansel Elgort to Portray Renowned Pianist Harvey ...
The movie is based on Howard Reich's book titled "Van Cliburn," and will be produced by Temple Hill partners Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen - who have worked with Ansel on TFIOS - and Ari Daniel Pinchot. Robert M. Johnson will serve as executive producer and Andrew Stern as script writer.
When I didnt hear back, I thought Id meet Van another way. I headed to the library, where I checked out Chicago music critic Howard Reichs 1993 biography of him, as well as all of his recordings that I didnt already own. I read all of the archived newspaper and magazine articles about him and wa
Van looked and played like some kind of angel, Russian pianist Andrei Gavrilov told Cliburn biographer Howard Reich. He didnt fit the evil image of capitalists that had been painted for us by the Soviet government.
Date: Feb 28, 2013
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Van Cliburn, pianist who gave US a Cold War victory, dies at 78
By the time he came on stage to play in the final round, "the crowd had become nearly hysterical," Chicago Tribune arts critic Howard Reich wrote in "Van Cliburn," his 1993 biography. "Roughly 1,500 people had jammed the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory; thousands more waited outside."
Date: Feb 27, 2013
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Van Cliburn dead: American piano virtuoso was Cold War hero, cultural icon
Cliburn was the right man, at the right place, in the right moment, said Howard Reich, a Tribune arts critic and author of the 1993 biography, Van Cliburn. But the pianists triumph went far beyond Cold War politics. Its important to remember that his music was at the center of all the hubbub.
"He challenged racial barriers by hiring the African-American bassist Eugene Wright as part of his quartet in 1958 and proceeding to tour the South, a region of the country that did not welcome mixed-race bands," writes Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune. "Brubeck and his wife, Iola, in the 1960s c
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Howard Reich
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Chicago Tribune - Critic
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Northwestern University
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Howard Reich covers jazz, gospel, blues and other musical forms for the Chicago Tribune. He's the author of several books and producer of the documentary film "Prisoner of Her Past."
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Howard Reich is arts critic of the Chicago Tribune.